The Labor enquirer., 1887-01-22
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BEGINNING,

4 Hs EsauIRER has received the fol-
lowing for publication: ~
The United Workingmen Of Americ. .
are striving that the ,laboring masses
may be better provided with the neces-
sariss to sustain life, with the luxuries
to refine it, and with greater opportuni-
ties for moral. social and intellectual 81 g.
vation and base their ho ,es before the
american people upon their "Declara.
tion Of Principlesp and measures Of
policy.
The producing interests are para
mount and should be Of hrst considera-
ton pertaining to civil government
therefore =:
/, The government should issue q
full legal tender currency sufficient for
all its requirements. e
p The government should iDaugu-
rate ageneral system of public national
improvements. viz: postal tslegraphs.
railroads. canals, river and harbor i'm
provements, etc., and employ. all the
idle citizen labor at remunerative com.
pensation.
8. Not more than eight hours to con.
stitnte legal days work.
4, The national bank law must be re-
pealed, and any attempt to depreciate
the value Of the legal tender currency
Of the government should be q felony
punishable with imprison ment.
8, No coolie labor shall be imported
to compete with the free labor ofthe cit
izen.
8. A general law should be 30 framed
as TO exempt from all debts and from
compulsory sale a uniform and sufficient
homestead to be set apart and entered
Of record. and proportioned to the num-
Der possibly dependent on 1t for support,
q. The public lands should be dis
posed Of to settlers only.
HEADouARTERsS State Execu i've Com
mittee, California United Working. q
men Of America. 1909 Market, San
+ francisco, CAL, Jan. IA. 1887.
DEAR Sir We demand the adoption
of these measures of policy, as an Ameri.
can system of government in the inter-
eat of all the people, and declare that all
persons opposing their adoption as
such. unless they can show to the salts
faction Of the people some reason why
they would prove detrimental to the
welfare Of the republic. to be enemies to
their country, traitors t, humanity and
opposers to the advancement and pros
perity of the nation. n
A candid examination will show
That measure l would break the
power of the \Rothschilds and money.
powers over the finances of the United
States.
Measure would emancipate the la
boring people from the slavery of cor.
porate monopoly.
Measure would give advantage for
better education Of the people.
Measure 4 would destroy the most vii
iainous legalized system of robbery the
world has ever been cursed with.
Measure would protect the scale Of
civilization from being degraded.
Measure 6 would protect the honest
workers from being entirely consumed
by speculating vultures.
MeasureV would dispose Of the land
for the use ofthe people as nature de.
signed.
We therefore invite your most earnest
efforts. as patriot and as friend Of
humanity, to procure tho enactment Of
such legislation as will cover the meas.
ures here enclosed. Respectfully,
THOMAS JOHNSON, Secretary.
A. =. Rsdstone, President National Labor
The above letter and the enclosed
measures of policy have been forwarded
to members Of congress and the press.
All papers friendly to labor please
publish. THOMAS JOHNSON, Secretary.
To All Carpentsrs.
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